Painting Gallery

Wyatt - Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany N070450

APSLEY HOUSE, London. "Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany" c.1822 by Henry WYATT (1794-1840). Prince Frederick (1763-1827) was the second son of George III and heir to his elder brother George IV. His military command in an ill-fated campaign in the Netherlands inspired the rhyme "The Grand Old Duke of York". Subsequently, as Commander in Chief of the Army from 1795, he instituted a range of reforms that put the army in good stead for the wars to come, including founding the military college at Sandhurst in 1802. WM 1472-1948

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Salvi - Virgin and child with St Elizabeth &... St John N070567

APSLEY HOUSE, London. "The Virgin and child with St Elizabeth and the Infant St John" by Giovanni Batista SALVI (1609-1685). Spanish Royal Collection. Captured at Vitoria, 1813. WM 1606-1948. Sassoferrato

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Italian, Painting

Henrietta-Maria and dwarf, Sir Jeffrey Hudson J900214

MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Richmond-upon-Thames, Greater London. "Queen Henrietta Maria and the Dwarf Sir Jeffrey Hudson" after Sir Anthony VAN DYCK (1599-1641). Henrietta-Maria (1609-69) was daughter of Henri IV of France and wife of Charles I of England. Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619-82) is recorded to have been only 18 or 19 inches (46cm) tall at the age of 30, unusually with no hint of disproportion or distorted physiognomy. He is later reported to have doubled his height. In 1626 he was served in a pie to the royal couple and soon afterwards entered the service of the queen. After a life of adventures, including military service, a duel, exile, slavery, and imprisonment as a Catholic, his death is unrecorded

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